Nigerians’ seemingly coordinated assault on the Guinness World Records offers a didactic lens into the national psyche and the state of the nation.

This is a guest post by Dominic Bocci, assistant director at the Council on Foreign Relations’ David Rockefeller Studies Program. Most of the attention paid to the U.S. pivot to Asia has focused o…

Despite China’s growing pressure, Taiwan has developed one of the world’s strongest democracies—one that will be increasingly tested in the coming years. 

In case you haven’t heard, the Treasury market – and the mortgage market -- had a bad day. Ten-year Treasury yields are back at their November 2008 levels (long-term Treasury yields didn’t fall imm…

Proponents of retrenchment want the United States to do less overseas.

The United States has benefited from the dollar’s dominance of global markets for decades. Washington should be wary of squandering those benefits through political infighting and reckless policymaki…